In this week's issue of Space News, Peter Diamandis and Mike Melvill made the list of "Top 100 Who Made A Difference in Space." The list covered people who made a difference in space since 1989. Diamandis was one of the "visionaries and innovators," and Melvill was in the category of "explorers and trailblazers." (Incidentally, my dad made the list also).

Update: I also just realized that John Carmack made the list also, as a "person to watch."

Why not scan it and quote it including the source? No property right would be hurt and it would help stimulating ideas.

Hello, Rxke,

yes, funding is one use one can make of it.

But there may be much more.

And fund raisers have to find out what points of the projects to fund may be interesting to a person being listed. Each presentation has to be made fit to the individual person in question to be successful in getting as much fund as required or desired from this person.